Haiti PM to resign as gang leader calls on international community to give the country a chance

Powerful Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier has been out in the streets of Port-au-Prince calling for the international community to "give Haiti a chance" - as he drew a rifle and fired his pistol in a show of force.

Cherizier, a former police officer who is known as Barbecue among Haiti's people, made the comments as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Caribbean leaders met in Jamaica to push for a solution to the violent crisis in the country.

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